BD Sector Senior Manager, Private Capital at Linklaters

About us:

Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices.

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.

We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.

Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.

We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.

About the role:

We are seeking a BD Sector Senior Manager, Private Capital to join our Business Development & Marketing (BDM) team! This is a pivotal role within our BDM function, supporting the delivery of our Clients & Sectors strategy and driving profitable revenue growth through proactive client engagement and cross-selling initiatives.

As BD Sector Senior Manager, you will:

• Collaborate with Sector Leaders, Relationship Partners, and product teams to execute a focused strategy aligned with firmwide priorities.
• Build strong relationships across key asset classes and proactively drive cross-selling opportunities.
• Analyse market intelligence to identify new business opportunities and support partners with compelling marketing collateral.
• Horizon-scan sector trends and develop campaigns to generate opportunities and build the firm’s profile.
• Leverage data-led insights for opportunity spotting and pipeline management.
• Advise on commercial proposals and facilitate best practice sharing across sectors.

We are ideally looking for:

• Experience in a global sector BD role within legal or professional services.
• Proven ability to develop and implement BD strategies that drive cross-selling and revenue growth.
• Strong industry knowledge of Private Capital, including sector trends and challenges.
• Confidence navigating complex opportunities across asset classes, products, and offices.
• A self-starter mindset, with a track record of building relationships and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Experience with data analysis to inform strategic decisions.
• Understanding of law firm structure and culture is highly desirable.

This role is based at the Linklaters London office with a hybrid working model available.

Our benefits:

Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:

Health & Wellbeing

• Private Medical Insurance
• Free in-house fitness centre and subsidised health club memberships
• Free onsite GP service and periodic health assessments

Finance

• Pension and flexible savings options
• Income protection and life assurance
• Mortgage advice and will-writing services

Family & Lifestyle

• Electric car and cycle to work schemes
• Emergency family care
• Additional holiday/birthday leave
• Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
• Travel insurance and season ticket loan
• Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as our employee networks groups (such as our Gender Equality Network, With Pride, or Social Mobility Networks)

If you think this role would suit you, please click apply below. We look forward to hearing from you

Technical Skills

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Application Policy

Applications and CVs (direct or via agency) are only accepted online via the portal. Queries related to our roles must be directed to the relevant recruitment team and not the partners, practices or stakeholders ([email protected] for legal roles or [email protected] for business team roles).